I've heard it explained that "hey" used to be more of an urgent way to get someone's attention, rather than a casual "hello" like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.
A debt owed to Felicity.
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2023
1338 points (97.9% liked)
Microblog Memes
5911 readers
2608 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Hey, I do.
hAy is for horses, hEy means hello, they're literally different words.
The modern day version of this is the response to "Thank You".
You're welcome?
No problem?
load more comments
(3 replies)